Singles of the Week (12//23)

1) Softcult - See You In the Dark

 

 News from Kitchener, Ontario Canada dreampop / shoegaze / indie-rock duo... Mercedes Arn-Horn (vocals, guitar) Phoenix Arn-Horn (vocals, drums) 

 

(EP - Easy Life)

2) Heartworms - A Comforting Notion

 

 

 News from London post-punk (Jojo Orme) 

 

1. Consistent Dedication 

2. Retributions of an Awful Life 

3. A Comforting Notion Hours

 

 

 
(EP, 12" vinyl - Speedy Wunderground)

3) Tapeworms - IRL

 

 

 New single from Lille, France indie-pop band... 

Video filmed and edited by Tapeworms + special thanks to Amélie Boyaval Arriving right in time for Spring, known as the season of rebirth, “IRL” is a melting pot of sparkling sounds that blend digital string sections with warped sample solos. Following on from their debut album ‘Funtastic’, released in 2020, the new track sees Tapeworms build their own innovative bridge between sugary synth-pop and contorted indie. Pushing their sound in new and exciting directions, “IRL” brings a steady tempo and lush production that connotes images of surrealistic dreamlands. Using the acronym for ‘In Real Life’, a phrase born on social media to distinguish ‘virtual life’ from ‘real life’, ‘IRL’ was heavily inspired by Japanese light novel ‘Haruhi Suzumiya’. Blending ethereal vocals with wonky pop beats, the track explores the relationship between dreams and real life and phantasm and reality. Accompanied by an official video and dazzling new imagery inspired by livecam websites and early lifecasting macro-stars such as Jennicam, “IRL”’s accompanying visuals play with a variety of narratives and captures the band living out their day-to-day lives. A promising new addition to the Tapeworms catalogue, “IRL” is set to open a new chapter for the band — one full of never-ending pop exploration. 

credits released March 21, 2023

Composed, recorded, arranged and produced by Tapeworms Additional mixing and production by Clement Fortin Mixed by Pierre Loustaunau Mastering by Benoît Bel 

 

(digital, video - All Star Production / Modulor)

4) MeLLLo - The LeTTeR

 

 New single from London, UK electropop... 

I am marianthi, i am one half of a duo called Marsheaux and MeLLLo is my solo project... 

 

(digital - MeLLLo)

5) Futureheaven - Coldgaze

 

 

 News from Sydney, Australia 5 piece shoegaze /dreampop...

released March 22, 2023 

Produced, mixed and mastered by Elliott Gallart at Chameleon Studios Artwork & Design by Bridie Hayes & Harry Boyce Written by Futureheaven Special thanks to Chas Levi for his part in the recording

 

 

(digital - Futureheaven)
 

vinyl:
Molly Nilsson - Extra (7")
Mark Peters - The Magic Hour (10")
EPs:
Collective Fear - Truly Free at Last? /EP/
Night Hikes - Perfect Wonder /EP/
SWALLOW THE SLOW - ア​オ​シ​グ​レ /EP/
Forward Posture - Western Daydream /EP/
Wilt/Plvce - Design Festa /EP/
The Prims - About Your Favorite Seasons /EP/
digi single, video:
Cathedral Bells - All Under The Sky
Winter - at0nement (Dream, Ivory Remix)
Flake - Grief
Soviet Soviet - In Between Days
Senses - Drop Your Arms
Bully - Days Move Slow
Caslow - Parachute (with Manno)
GEL - Dicey
CRAN - Policeman
Tunic - My Body, My Blood
Taking Meds - Memory Lane
Sun Shines Cold - Tried so hard
Motifs - Remember a Stranger
Luster - Dopamine Loop
Babe Lewis - New Growth
Analog Tears - Last Kiss (feat. Vienna Vox)
Dream Dali - Hold Me Down
The Japanese House - Boyhood
Hey Calamity - Making Time (feat. Emily T.)
Hippo Campus - Yippie Ki Yay